Years ago I went to sheriff sale of confiscated items in a neighboring state. Lots of common items for sale and no one was bidding for much.
Then about noon it was like an electric charge went through the crowd and they surged toward one table. THEY WERE SELLING THE GUNS!
People began to bid up and UP for old broken firearms. Some in good shape went for over new prices! I could not believe my eyes!
All gun buyers had to fill out the standard paperwork for them.
Selling confiscated weapons is nothing new for police. Years ago I saw lots of former Chicago police handguns sold at the gun show in Tulsa OK.
Such sales bring in needed money to the police departments.
Our county supposedly destroys such firearms. Such a waste of good resources.
I have a S&W 6946 DAO that came from Newark, NJ PD. What the big commercial companies like Glock or SIG will do is come in and offer “swaps”. For example they’ll come in and offer 1 new gun of their make for 2 of the agencies old guns. That way the agency gets their new guns at a reasonable price. The gun distributor then turns around and wholesales them. I got the S&W for $300 bucks and they threw in 200 rounds of 9mm. Great gun.
CC